Mop-holder.



No. 657,062. Patented Aug. 28, I900.

C. M. CHAPMAN.

MOP HOLDER.

(Application filed Jim. 10, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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MOP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657, dated g st 2 1 0 Application filed January 10, 1900. fierial No. 940. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. CHAPMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Edward, in the county of Washington and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush and Mop Holders; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention has relation to that class of mop or brush heads comprising two clamping-jaws between which the mop material or brush is held, whereby the device may be used for scrubbing floors orceilings or for holding a brush for applying paint, washing windows, and for other purposes to which a device of this character may be found useful; and the invention consists in a mop or brush head constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure l is a perspective View of a brush or mop head constructed in accordance with my invention, showing a mopping-cloth held between the jaws thereof; Fig. 2, a side elevation showing the mopping-cloth removed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the usual handle of the brush or mop head, which latter is constructed wholly of wire of suitable thickness and strength, one end of said wire being coiled around the end of the handle to connect the same thereto, but more particularly to form a coiled wire rack=bar B. The wire after being bent to form the coil extends beyond the end of the handle to form a shank a and'the eye I), and thence is bent to form the stationary jaw C of the brush or mop head and terminates in the eye 0 and shank d, which shank enters the end of the handle A.

The above construction of parts is from a single piece of wire of suitable length and thickness as found best adapted to the purpose, the jaw O, as will be noticed, having a curved shoulder e to provide a better grip upon the brush or mop material, and especially when used for holding a sponge for washing windows or other material that re quires increased gripping-pressure to hold it.

I do not wish to be understood as confining my invention to any special form of either the stationary or movable jaws, as they may be variously changed or modified without departing from the principle of my invention.

The movable jaw D is curved, as shown at f, or constructed in any other desirable manner that will insure a perfect grip upon the material held between the jaws. The arms 9 of the jaw extend through the eyes I) o and terminate in levers E, which levers at their ends have elongated eyes it for loosely connecting thereto a U-shaped pawl F. This pawl may be connected to the levers in any desirable manner that will admit of the pawl properly acting in conjunction with the coiled wire rack-bar B to hold the movable jaw D firmly against the brush, mop, or other material used. When the material is between the jaws O D, the lovers E are pressed or forced upward, which action of the levers will close the movable jaw D tightly against the material, after which the U-shaped pawl F is brought up to engage the coils in the rack-bar B, which will firmly hold the material between the jaws. In releasing the brush or mop material the U-shaped pawl is disengaged from the coiled-wire rack-bar and the lovers pressed down, which will free the movable jaw from contact with the material and allow the brush, mop, sponge, or other device to be removed.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Abrush or mop holder consisting of a stationary clamping-jaw and a movable clamping-jaw pivoted thereto between which jaws the brush or mop is held, a suitable handle and a spiral wire coil extending around the same to connect the jaws with the handle and also serving as a rack-bar, and a suitable pawl connecting with the movable clampingjaw and adapted to engage the wire coil, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A brush or mop head consisting of a sta tionary jaw constructed of wire, eyes and shanks upon said jaw, one of said shanks terniinating in a coiled rack-bar with which the handle of the brush or mop head engages, and a movable jaw pivoted to the other jaw with pawl to engage the rack-bar, substantially as 5 and for the purpose specified.

3. In a brush or mop head, a stationary jaw provided With eyes and shanks, one of said shanks terminating in a coiled-Wire rack-bar, and a movable jaw the arms of which engage 10 with the eyes of the shanks and terminate in levers, and a U -shaped pawl loosely eonneeted to the levers and adapted to engage the coiled rack-bar, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have l5 hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES M. CHAPMAN.

\Vitnesses:

THOMAS H. 00E, DAT MURRAY. 

